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Remember, if you are a State Farm customer, you can file your taxes with Turbo Tax Online for FREE! Absolutely no filing fees!
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Death and Taxes...
Jan. 6th, 2008 03:01 pmWell, taxes anyway. No death.
It's that time of year again and W2s will start appearing in our mailboxes and we'll be doing that math to figure out if we're sending the government money or if we'll be getting money back from them.
I don't like paying someone to do my taxes, and I don't like having to pay a filing fee when I do them using Turbo Tax or Turbo Tax online. For the last two years I haven't had to pay a dime, and I won't have to this year either.
If you are a State Farm customer go to their website and log in. Once you are logged into your account scroll down to where it says 'addtional links' on the left side. One of those links should be "FREE tax filing." There are no strings and no hidden fees. It's the Turbo Tax online program, but when you check out at the end there is no charge.
It's that time of year again and W2s will start appearing in our mailboxes and we'll be doing that math to figure out if we're sending the government money or if we'll be getting money back from them.
I don't like paying someone to do my taxes, and I don't like having to pay a filing fee when I do them using Turbo Tax or Turbo Tax online. For the last two years I haven't had to pay a dime, and I won't have to this year either.
If you are a State Farm customer go to their website and log in. Once you are logged into your account scroll down to where it says 'addtional links' on the left side. One of those links should be "FREE tax filing." There are no strings and no hidden fees. It's the Turbo Tax online program, but when you check out at the end there is no charge.
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PSA from Birdchick
Mar. 23rd, 2007 12:15 pmOK, so I'm flat out stealing this post from www.birdchick.com! The bold text is what she quoted from the STrib, the regular text at the end is her comments. I just think this is a really cool thing!
Lights Out in Twin Cities to Help Migratory Birds
From the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Two downtown Minneapolis skyscrapers are the initial participants in a new project that will turn off lights to prevent birds attracted by the nighttime glow from crashing into tall buildings or circling them in a daze until falling.
Two downtown Minneapolis skyscrapers are the initial participants in a new project that will turn off lights to prevent birds attracted by the nighttime glow from crashing into tall buildings or circling them in a daze until falling.
The 57-story Wells Fargo Building and 33-story Accenture Buildings will turn off unneeded lighting during peak migration hours under the Lights Out Minnesota Project.
Most songbirds migrate at night. Although most manage to navigate around tall buildings and other hazards, millions die each year. Lights Out programs in Toronto, New York and Chicago have saved migratory birds, said Mark Martell, director of bird conservation for Audubon Minnesota.
"The Lights Out program costs building owners or managers little or nothing to implement and will save energy and money at the same time it saves birds," Martell said.
The Minneapolis and St. Paul Building Owners and Managers associations are encouraging members to sign on.
Citizens who want to help the effort can donate money to the Nongame Wildlife Program on their state tax forms, or they can volunteer to collect fallen birds to help experts assess mortality causes. For more information, call the state Audubon Society at 651-739-9332.
You can also watch a video of the segment at WCCO. If you or someone you know works in a tall office building please encourage them to get their building managers to join this effort to help birds on their way to their breeding grounds. Also if you work in either the Wells Fargo Tower, the Accenture Building or any skyscraper participating in the Lights Out campaign, it probably wouldn't hurt to tell them thank you.Daylight Savings PSA
Mar. 14th, 2007 11:36 amIf you are going to be out of town the weekend the clocks change, you should probably change the clocks in your house before leaving. Also, changing the car clock is a good thing.
Doing those simple things will prevent you from getting home at 10:00 and then an hour later realizing that it is not 11:00 now, but rather 12:00!
Stupid daylight savings time! I lost my hour twice this year!!!
Doing those simple things will prevent you from getting home at 10:00 and then an hour later realizing that it is not 11:00 now, but rather 12:00!
Stupid daylight savings time! I lost my hour twice this year!!!
Copied & pasted from Neil Gaiman
Feb. 13th, 2007 11:53 amI've been a fan of DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis for over fifteen years, probably since Terry Pratchett and I did our first signing there for Good Omens (had I signed there before? I think so, but I can't remember. I first met owner Greg Ketter in 1987, on a train from Brighton to London, though). I like Greg Ketter and the staff, I love getting my books there (they have things I never see anywhere else that I WANT. I'm sure that lots of bookshops sell the annotated archy and mehitabel, but if I walk into DreamHaven something like that is the first thing I see. Happiness).
A few years ago I gave them www.neilgaiman.net, which I had, as a storefront, mostly because I got tired of replying to people who wanted to know where they could buy something -- anything -- by me "DreamHaven Books." I sign stuff for them when I pass by.
Some people think I have a stake in the shop or something, and I don't, other than a desire to still have it around as somewhere to do my shopping or to do signings or to phone and ask weird book-related questions. I've seen too many good bookshops go down in the last decade.
Greg's published a few of my books and audio books. They've even functioned as a maildrop for me over the years. Good people, good bookshop (and comics shop, and toys, oddments and even, in the backroom, eye-watering reading matter for adults only shop). (I don't know of any other shop that has "Vintage Sleaze" as a category for used books.)
I got an alarming email from Greg this morning...
We had a break-in on Saturday night. They got a bit of cash but wreaked
terrible havoc on the store and my office. Damages will be costly but
insurance should cover a lot of it. But after the lull in current
business, this really will hurt. I don't like charity but if you could
encourage people to maybe buy an extra book off us soon, it may help.
Three bookstores have closed in the Twin Cities in the past two months and
I don't want to make it four.
You can find them online at http://www.dreamhavenbooks.com. Their current catalogues are up there, for new and for used stuff. There's cool new stuff. There's stuff on sale.
If you want stuff by me -- or by people like Charles Vess or Dave McKean, who've worked with me, go and explore their http://neilgaiman.net site. Lots of signed stuff, and things you really can't find elsewhere. (They have three audio CDs, for example -- one's a double CD -- with many stories and such not recorded anywhere else.)
And if you're in the Minneapolis area, pop in. It's a big purple building. You can't miss it.
Go buy books from them. And tell other people. This is me being selfish. I want to buy books at DreamHaven for a long time to come. Good things die when people forget.
Listen to Neil. Go buy books. Good minions.
A few years ago I gave them www.neilgaiman.net, which I had, as a storefront, mostly because I got tired of replying to people who wanted to know where they could buy something -- anything -- by me "DreamHaven Books." I sign stuff for them when I pass by.
Some people think I have a stake in the shop or something, and I don't, other than a desire to still have it around as somewhere to do my shopping or to do signings or to phone and ask weird book-related questions. I've seen too many good bookshops go down in the last decade.
Greg's published a few of my books and audio books. They've even functioned as a maildrop for me over the years. Good people, good bookshop (and comics shop, and toys, oddments and even, in the backroom, eye-watering reading matter for adults only shop). (I don't know of any other shop that has "Vintage Sleaze" as a category for used books.)
I got an alarming email from Greg this morning...
We had a break-in on Saturday night. They got a bit of cash but wreaked
terrible havoc on the store and my office. Damages will be costly but
insurance should cover a lot of it. But after the lull in current
business, this really will hurt. I don't like charity but if you could
encourage people to maybe buy an extra book off us soon, it may help.
Three bookstores have closed in the Twin Cities in the past two months and
I don't want to make it four.
You can find them online at http://www.dreamhavenbooks.com. Their current catalogues are up there, for new and for used stuff. There's cool new stuff. There's stuff on sale.
If you want stuff by me -- or by people like Charles Vess or Dave McKean, who've worked with me, go and explore their http://neilgaiman.net site. Lots of signed stuff, and things you really can't find elsewhere. (They have three audio CDs, for example -- one's a double CD -- with many stories and such not recorded anywhere else.)
And if you're in the Minneapolis area, pop in. It's a big purple building. You can't miss it.
Go buy books from them. And tell other people. This is me being selfish. I want to buy books at DreamHaven for a long time to come. Good things die when people forget.
Listen to Neil. Go buy books. Good minions.
